Sam Watson

Itinerant Brit usually found bouncing round the more remote bits of the Middle East, Asia or northeast Africa in a variety of battered Land Rovers. Pro EU

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April 2023, Umm Al Qawain dune sea. A peaceful desert camp after a fab day exploring a desert I wasn't familiar with

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Nov 2023, Lebanon - above the clouds in the mountains east of Beirut with Patrick Adaimi

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Baedeker Guides were classic travel guides of late C19th/ early C20th & yesterday thanks to fab Minster Gate Bookshop in York I found 1895 editions of their guides to Upper and Lower Egypt, owned by John Hunter of Cairo in 1897 and wonderfully annotated by him on his travels.

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New boots for the Discovery today ❤️ thanks @BlackPaw4x4

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Unloading the 90 after 5 days at the Bushcraft Show with the team from Fourby. Hot long weekend but caught up with lots of friends and made new ones :) thanks to Neil and Steph of Fourby for such kind hospitality and giving me chance to sell some books!

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Final day bookselling with Fourby at the Bushcraft Show. Supposedly 31 degrees today - cool for Fujairah :)

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For 15yr Ive been a customer of https://t.co/DXv7U1wB4J -great travel kit for 4x4s. They have kindly invited me on their stand at the Bushcraft Show this wkend @ Lutterworth- come say hi, feast yr wallet on useful Fourby kit & buy my book as a doorstop ;)
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I do love this pic. April 2023, searching for a place to camp as dusk fell in the Umm Al Qawain desert. It was a perfect evening ❤️

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At the fab @LRMonthly LRM Live show at Malvern this last weekend- selling my book :)

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Folding firepit from the UAE in use on South Uist a few days ago - leaving no trace and not scorching the grass.

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My ride to the mainland not long ago - the Glen Sannox docked in Castlebay on Barra, next to Kisimul Castle and below the palm trees :)

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@GgAviation Different event :)

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I'll be at the Land Rover Monthly show this weekend @ Malvern w Elsa if folk fancy buying a copy of The Unbeaten Track. Also w beer from Kenya, Nepal & Yorkshire. Stop by for a natter :)
Next to the arena, by the Discovery Project Jay Group. Look for a white 130 w big roof tent

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I always get drawn back to the west coast of South Uist ❤️ another camp in the arms of the Atlantic. Saw a Sea Eagle today on Berneray.

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Last week - haar (sea fog) fast rising and coming in, creating an eerie aura round the fire and (out of shot) the full moon

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South Uist - admin day after 4 days on the road

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Just back from two weeks in the glorious Outer Hebrides - an island chain a 5 hour ocean crossing west of mainland Scotland. Blissful ❤️

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September 2011, dusk over Wadi Rayan, Egyptian Sahara

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Why you should filter diesel from jerrycans.... New Year's Eve, 2014, Jebel Uweinat, Sudan

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Little beastie sailed happily through her last legal MoT, as this next year she will be 40 years young and therefore tax and MoT exempt ❤️ still a young pup compared to a lot of LRs but its always handy to not have to shell out the cash! Thanks again to @BlackPaw4x4